Table of Contents
Week of 03/05/2009

Articles

Five set to ax 25% of staffers

 

Italian social satirist Samperi dies

 

'Rock Band' enlists the Beatles

 

De Niro, Pacino team on ad lawsuit

 

RTVE joins the fight to cut costs

 

Albanian PM joins film school spat

 

P.S. banks on Hungary's tax break

 

Universal, Damon team on 'Bureau'

 

Chris Brown charged with 2 felonies

 

'Idol, 'Lost' top Wednesday ratings

 

Michaels to host Vancouver Olympics

 

Michael Jackson sets London gigs

 

Venevision nabs rights to Spanish trio

 

Jasrac links with copyright org

 

Robin Williams needs heart surgery

 

Toon house Ghibli drives Toyota

 

Foote's 'Orphans' still on track

 

EU court backs Spain's TV quotas

 

McGowen to head Newdance Kids

 

Jewel, O'Dell drop out of 'Dancing'

 

Bruce Willis sues 'Joan' producers

 

'Seinfeld' cast set for 'Curb' reunion

 

Eminem returning with two albums

 

Barrino returns to 'Color Purple'

 

Dennehy joins Artistic Collective

 

Plowright honored with top post

 

Rashad's got 'August' date

 

Will 'Watchmen' live up to the hype?

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Disney classics get Blu-ray makeover

 

Bravo renews 'Shear Genius'

 

Gupta out of surgeon general race

 

1969: Englund's 'Fisherman' pitch

 

ESPN film unit fields more features

 

National Geographic maps slate

 

Dwayne Johnson to beef up 'Cow'

 

Sundance's 'Cove' rides U.S. wave

 

Laika shuffles toon chiefs

 

Bubble shows ponder finale, future

 

Mango ripe for biz

 

Push for Tosh at Comedy Central

 

Bodrov to take WB's 'Photograph'

 

Mark Wahlberg takes 'Prisoners'

 

A&E greenlights 'Tattoo Highway'

 

'Back to Bacharach' to make LA debut

 

Playwrights fest to bow play pair

 

ABC picks up 'Impact' mini-series

 

Virgin sells TV amid debt woes

 

Mip TV celebrates 'CSI,' Petersen

 

Midnight 'Watchmen' does $4.6 mill

 

Cartoon fest spotlights Cuba

 

ITV sales boss Ianoco set to quit

 

BSkyB lobbies for more pay TV sport

 

Fox coasts to Thursday victory

 

Spain produces TV hits

 

Berlusconi slashes arts funding again

 

India's Zee net expands in the US

 

In tough times, Bravo strikes it rich

 

Low class ads cheapen primetime

 

Maddow's unique style spikes ratings

 

'Ghost' getting musical treatment

 

Sydney Chaplin dies at 82

 

'West Side Story' gets makeover

 

Spielberg, Jackson dig into 'Tintin'

 

Soho Rep's risks pay off

 

Oscar bounce for 'Slumdog' overseas

 

Studio Ghibli drives Toyota project

 

French producer living good 'Life'

 

Former porn director wins Oscar

 

CAA lands Wong Kar Wai

 

Newspaper editor Jim Bellows dies

 

Wilshire theater nabs new name

 

Kanye, Clarkson to perform on 'Idol'

 

'Wicked' shines amid touring woes

 

'West Side Story' rocks Broadway

 

Can late night shift survive?

 

'Impressionism' postpones debut

 

Box office booms in 'off' season

 

Sean Penn's Brazillian voice changes

 

Catholic controversy doesn't bug Sony

 

Lionsgate, Icahn discuss board seats

 

Will CAA's literary ambitions expand?

 

ABC pushes 'Pulling'

 

'Headless Woman' finds a home

 

'Watchmen' on top with $55.7 million

 

'Defiance' sees dip in Warsaw

 

Timothy Record dies at 38

 

Cast set for Chris Rock's 'Funeral'

 

Paramount's Bob Miller dies at 71

 

Agent/producer Steve Blanck dies

 

Ascent hires techie team

 

'Xanadu' closes in Chicago

 

'Watchmen' tops at foreign box office

 

'Burma VJ' finds home

 

'Cupid' stars set for 'House'

 

'View' ratings riding high

 

'Terminator' producers in legal battle

 

'Burn Notice' finale tops cable ratings

 

Not-for-profit orgs sweep Oliviers

 

Fellini collaborator Tullio Pinelli dies

 

'Karamazovs' roars at Lions

 

Icahn circles Lionsgate

 

Smith to produce Gotham Awards

 

CBS Films taps Davis for VP post

 

Christine Vachon takes on 'Lullaby'

 

DreamWorks grabs college comedy

 

Informant makes Diehl deal

 

Akerman, Phillippe set for 'Bang'

 

Everest taps Arau for 'Chicago'

 

Nick Nolte heads 'Warrior' cast

 

TLC hatches a 'Little' plan

 

SAG, majors inch toward compromise

 

Festival of Musicals sets season

 

Gaul DVD window down to 4 months

 

Romania hands out funds for pics

 

Colson on Cloud Nine after Celadore

 

Tribeca Film Festival unveils lineup

 

BSkyB suggests C4 bail out plan

 

German film funding in uproar

 

Winehouse pulls out of Coachella

 

Ken Burns loses GM backing

 

Country singer Hank Locklin dies

 

Slate pairs with Potboiler

 

Previews boost Broadway box office

 

Obama pays tribute to Reeve

 

Metallica singer Hetfield hospitalized

 

ShoWest nod to Regal exec

 

London's 'Avenue' extended

 

'Plan,' '9 to 5' receive League grants

 

Former GM of the Met dies at 86

 

Canadian biz mulls TV fund change

 

'Code' to offer glimpse of 'Angels'

 

AMC goes big with 'Breaking Bad'

 

Times sells headquarters for $225 mil

 

Hollywood goes to Washington

 

Rebecca Romijn to star in ABC pilot

 

Alec Baldwin to host 'Essentials'

 

Oprah to talk domestic violence

 

Langenegger goes extra 'Mile'

 

San Fran fest boasts Bratt pack

 

Michael J. Fox returns to primetime

 

Method Fest sets lineup

 

Scarlett Johannson: gladiatrix?

 

YouTube blocks music videos for UK

 

DreamWorks to drive 'Dinotrux'

 

Lincoln Center spotlights Euro troupes

 

Universal to remake 'Sexual Failures'

 

Sean Penn going after 'Cartel'

 

New Regency lands 'Man'

 

Fox nabs 'Mr. Popper's Penguins'

 

Melissa Leo joins HBO pilot

 

CTG sets 'Ain't Misbehavin' ' cast

 

SAG squabbles over contract tactics

 

Universal's channel a French thriller

 

Madison, Rycroft join 'Dancing'

 

Ashlee Simpson moves to 'Melrose'

 

CP postpones Sherlock Holmes redo

 

Kirch payout ruling postponed

 

Nohr leaves Granada gig

 

ABC's 'Dancing' shines in ratings

 

Marvel superheroes go global

 

Fox bows free TV block in Japan

 

PlayStation Network, NBC U pact

 

'Idol' preps G-rated voting lines

 

Disney moves up 'Princess' release

 

Actor, singer Jimmy Boyd dies

 

Trio joins 'Rainbow' cast

 

Sprockets fest fit for a 'King'

 

Adaptations walk tightrope with fans

 

Billy Corgan fights for radio dollar

 

'Dark Knight,' 'Lost' lead Saturns

 

Yale Institute preps musical trio

 

John Waters in own 'World'

 

David Mamet stages new 'Race'

 

Lorre's leading men offer appreciation

 

Vanity cards let Lorre sound off

 

Octomom spurs media madness

 

Sitcom stars suffer sex on the brain

 

Prisa gets loan relief, stock boost

 

'Man' love in New York

 

Joker Chuck Lorre deals two aces

 

Disney touts DreamWorks slate

 

Clint mints overseas box office

 

'Catch' tuner lines up cast

 

Second Stage postpones 'Fitch'

 

Peter Shepherd dies at 68

 

'American Idol' loses some luster

 

'Betty' beautiful to Chinese auds

 

Landgraf to lead Prism kudo panel

 

Paradox to ride 'Chariots of the Gods'

 

Redford to receive Owens Award

 

VH1, History set Woodstock doc

 

SAG leaders still disagree

 

Madoff expected to plead guilty

 

Broad still in paper chase?

 

CBS hooks Bell for 'Fish Tank'

 

Harwood to write Russian Czar film

 

Danny Devito crazy for 'Eddie'

 

'X-Ray' next for Fresnadillo

 

'Sahara' writer hit with bill

 

Box office now on iPod, iTouch

 

Fox ready to go 'Mental'

 

Killion's a catch for Original

 

Pope, Chernin may team

 

Stephen Colbert shoots for the stars

 

Cheers bartender laid off

 

Sundance promotes John Cooper

 

Fremantle, 3 Plus fight for 'Farm'

 

Wild Bunch plunges into 'Oceans'

 

U.K. keeps product placement ban

 

Target has 'Monster' in its sights

 

Italy set to approve product plugs

 

Mormon leaders take aim at 'Big Love'

 

Universal goes Wide on pics

 

Tribeca rounds out lineup

 

U.K. dominates Rose d'Or honors

 

'Idol,' 'Loser' top Tuesday ratings

 

Kennedy, Marshall head to Sony

 

Paramount in tune on sound stage

 

'Messenger' to open Sarasota fest

 

Sesame Workshop cuts staff by 20%

 

Brown withdraws from Kids Choice

 

Protesters blast AMPTP offer to SAG

 

Brad Pitt turning to politics?

 

New York nixes live theater tax

 

Lionsgate, Carl Icahn talks collapse

 

Brokaw hits documentary 'Highway'

 

DVD sales fell 11% in Japan in '08

 

Comedy net airs Dane Cook special

 

Universal dates Robin Hood film

 

Global audiences love 'The Listener'

 

NEA gains new funding for the arts

 

WMA-Endeavor talks scrutinized

 

Goodman scores with O'Neill fest

 

Lake Arrowhead fest fetes Zsigmond

 

Oxygen taps development VP

 

'Our Youth' cast reunite for radio

 

Fox toppers feted for education work

 

Attorney George Hedges dies

 

Mickey Rourke set for 'Iron Man 2'

 

Austin, Carpenter join 'Expendables'

 

'Bride' adds four castmembers

 

Panabaker, Anderson join 'Crazies'

 

Tamala Jones joins 'Up in the Air'

 

Sara Foster cast on '90210'

 

Geffen swaps 'Nightmare' for 'North'

 

Stewart wins with anti-Cramer quest

 

Ion Media reorganizes distribution

 

Netflix partners with Woman in Film

 

'Last House on the Left' premieres

 

Costa-Gavras to be honored by fest

 

'Great Buck Howard' screens in NY

 

Third 'Twilight' film finds director

 

NPR's Ira Glass, Endgame team up

 

Alexandre Aja to direct 'Contractor'

 

Joe Wright to direct 'Indian Summer'

 

Lorber nabs 'Nollywood Babylon'

 

Michael Lerman joins Film Sales Co.

 

Gotham Group finds 'Minotaur'

 

Tom Hanks enters SAG fray

 

Ad industry reveals SAG/AFTRA deals

 

Reviews

Shuttle

Reunion

Castle

Michel Legrand -- Romance, With Strings Attached

Bound by a Secret

Watchmen: The End is Nigh

Giulia Doesn't Go Out at Night

Inside Ring

Before I Forget

Tom Jones

District B13: Ultimatum

Heroes

Battles BC

The Chopping Block

Giulia Doesn't Go Out at Night

A Little Night Music

Master Class

Stitching

Cheyenne Jackson: Back to the Start

33 Variations

Dancing at Lughnasa

John Bucchino & Friends in Concert

Over There

This Is the Life

The Girl on the Train

The Frost

Allman Brothers Band

Super, Girls!

Humor Abuse

Rocaterrania

Desires of the Heart

A Thousand Oceans

The Skeptic

Tom Wopat -- Love Swings

The Last House on the Left

Race to Witch Mountain

The Unseen

Grease

Alexander the Last

The Berlin Hanover Express

Canary


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